Marple Newtown High School - Memories Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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( uote • • • “The many activities of high school are culminated in the graduation exercises. The purpose of the graduation program is that of symbolizing a mastery of a challenge and the passing of an important milestone in the lives of our young people. As the passing of each milestone on any journey reveals a new horizon, so graduation un- veils new horizons of opportunity and of challenge. Graduation from high school, therefore, is not only an end but also a beginning; it is the beginning of new opportunity for greater individual growth, and, also, the be- ginning of greater responsibility and greater challenge. The world of man is dynamic; it is on the move for better or for worse. In man’s expanding mastery over his physical world lies his greatest opportunity to make his world a better place in which to live. It is in man’s mastery of himself wherein lies the challenge.” WILLIAM F. NYE, B.S., M.S. Junior High School Principal A “For the first time in many years, the [ familiar picture and comments of Jay W. L Worrall, the former Supervising Principal, will be missing. His passing in the late summer of 1957, closed a dedicated career’ in the field of education which spanned near- ly a half century, thirty-three years of which were spent at Marple-Newtown. His interest in and efforts for the young people of our communities can best be remembered by what he called the dignity of labor. His opinion was that every vocation is impor- tant, and that there are no menial tasks. To the members of this graduating class, I extend my best wishes for your health, happiness, and success. No matter what your choice of vocation, give to it the ut- most effort and dignity, and you will be richly rewarded; you will experience per- sonal satisfaction worth far more than any monetary reward.” HERBERT E. RATHEY, B.S., M.S. Acting Supervising Principal

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Warpie - unl or .Sell oo “The many activities of high school are culminated in the graduation exercises. The purpose of the graduation program is that of symbolizing a mastery of a challenge and the passing of an important milestone in the lives of our young people. As the passing of each milestone on any journey reveals a new horizon, so graduation un- veils new horizons of opportunity and of challenge. Graduation from high school, therefore, is not only an end but also a beginning; it is the beginning of new opportunity for greater individual growth, and, also, the be- ginning of greater responsibility and greater challenge. The world of man is dynamic; it is on the move for better or for worse. In man’s expanding mastery over his physical world lies his greatest opportunity to make his world a better place in which to live. It is in man’s mastery of himself wherein lies the challenge.” WILLIAM F. NYE, B.S., M.S. Junior High School Principal own 4